A Survey on Strengthening in Organizing Informal Settlements (Case Study:Imam Ali Town and Hojjat Town of Mashhad)

Increasing presence of informal settlements in past decades in Iran shows the inefficiency of devices and exerted policies to encounter them in those decades. Undoubtedly the demolition of such settlements considered as a part of social-economical asset of the cities destroys economical asset of low income groups and meanwhile it is an inhuman action. Formalization of informal settlement in itself doesn't prepare better servicing conditions, increasing private investment, or resolving economical, social and cultural problems. It seems to cooperate with low income groups and take policies and perform programs toward their benefits and Strengthening them is one of directives to encounter this problem. This research is after surveying the relation between people’s literacy level and the quality of their participation for Strengthening the neighborhood. Method of this research is descriptive-analytical and it uses documentary and field study and also uses "SPSS" statistical analysis method for statistical calculations and information analysis. The results show that there is a meaningful relation between people's literacy level and the quality of their participation for Strengthening the neighborhood.